Mack Sennett

...making, Charley Chase was one of the many comedians who worked with Hal Roach. Roach was Mack Sennett's nearest comic rival and created the Our Gang series. The triangular border pattern reinforces the identity of the film's production...

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...constituted a lineup that was no threat to Hal Roach, but nevertheless entertained millions with a style than either Roach or Mack Sennett could or would provide. Adams was also a singer. In 1930 he co-starred with burly comic Bud Jamison...

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...her Hollywood to pursue a career in show business. Borden began her career as one of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties in 1922 and was soon appearing as a vamp in Hal Roach comedy shorts. Producer Paul Bern chose her for a role in his film...

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...Pictures Studios) was founded in 1915 on 10202 W. Washington Blvd. After a disagreement with partners D.W. Griffith and Mack Sennett that led to his selling out, Ince bought the property down the street on 9336 Washington Blvd. from Culver...

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...Laurel & Hardy. During the 1920s Roach's biggest rival was producer Mack Sennett. In 1925 Roach hired away Sennett's supervising director, F. Richard Jones. Roach released his films through Pathe until 1927, when he went to...

In this article: Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy, RHI Entertainment, Our Gang, Harold Lloyd, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Academy Awards, and Qintex

...moved over to Pathe distribution. Pathe had a huge market share but made bad corporate decisions, such as attempting to sell too many comedies at once (including those of Sennett's main competitor, Hal Roach). In 1927 Paramount and MGM,...

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...with one revealing his own plans. In October 1938, Roach's old rival Mack Sennett announced that he had signed Laurel to star in comedy features for his new Sennett Pictures Corporation Studio. Those films were not made, since by April...

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...silent era . He appeared in 140 films between 1915 and 1938 . As Lige Crommie, the curly-haired young comedian joined the stock company of the Mack Sennett studio in 1915. In 1917 he moved to the up-and-coming Hal Roach studio, then...

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...aviator in World War I and entered films as a screenwriter in 1920. He was a gagwriter for Mack Sennett and Hal Roach, then joined Pathe and began to direct films in 1928. Among his films are One Way Passage (1932), China Seas '' (1935),...

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